Escalation

2011 - Escalation Data

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14 December 2011

India steps up security along the Pak border after the Indian Army foils an infiltration bid. A group of four to five militants crossed the border-fencing along the LoC and opened fired on the army patrol party in Bhimbergali sector in Poonch district.

At a press conference in New Delhi, Indian IAF Chief Air Marshal Naik said India was not worried over reports of Pakistan's growing nuclear arsenal and though India has a doctrine of no first use, a retaliatory strike by it would be both “heavy and hard

The India-Pakistan Joint Working Group on Cross-LOC CBMs reviewed existing cross-LOC trade and travel arrangements. First engagement between the two countries after the Mumbai triple blasts on July 13.

Ahead of India-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks, Pakistan has said that it wants to resolve all outstanding issues with India, including Kashmir, through dialogue as war is not the solution to any problem.

Indian Defence Min, AK Antony reiterated that developments in Pakistan (incl safety of Pak nuclear weapons), especially the terror attack in Karachi, were of serious concern to India and that all three services were taking necessary precautions and “clo

Indian Home Ministry officials say that at least 700 militants are being trained at various terror camps across the LoC with over 100 waiting at “launch pads” to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir and that authorities in Pakistan may try to push more t

Pakistan Foreign secretary Salman Bashir reacts to Indian military chiefs' statements. Says, "Any other country that would ever act (similarly) on the assumption that it has the might ... will find it has made a basic miscalculation...We see a lot of brav

Army chief General VK Singh says the Indian armed forces are ere capable of carrying out surgical operations against terrorists similar to the one conducted by the US in Pakistan to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

India asks its envoy in Pakistan to open channels of communication with Pakistani army chief General Pervez Kayani and ISI chief Shuja Pasha, to open up new possibilities of deepening Indo-Pak engagement.